No, there hasn't been a zombie apocalypse in Weatherfield (although given some of the plots it might only be a matter of time) this is how the former set looks now

by paul britton, Tony Bonnici

13:15, 24 Aug 2017Updated13:28, 24 Aug 2017

Fans of hit zombie drama The Walking Dead are used to seeing a world in which towns have long been abandoned and reclaimed by nature.

But what about a setting more closer to home?

Fascinating new photos of the former Coronation Street set show what the famous Weatherfield location might look like in the event of a zombie apocalypse.

Fortunately they come without the living dead remains of Annie Walker, Hilda Ogden or Ena Sharples wandering around.

The set was retired four years ago when the ITV show was moved the to a new location.

Since then they have been left.

The long-standing soap was relocated to a brand new set at Trafford Quays and after a stint as a tourist spot for TV fans, the old studio site has been left before it makes way for a new development, the Manchester Evening News reports .

(Image: Mark Andrew)

The old set behind Granada Studios in Manchester was built in the 1960s but in 2015, bosses moved to MediaCity in Salford, where the soap is now filmed.

The street’s famous old cobbles have made way for a gravel path overgrown with weeds.

Rita Sullivan’s Kabin newsagents stands empty with just weeds growing up the old shop as Kevin Webster’s auto garage is also captured in the background.

Breeze blocks are shown stacked at the entrance of the iconic Rovers Return pub and doors and windows have been removed from many of the set’s structures, which stand boarded-up and derelict.

Even walls have been stripped.

The images were captured by urban explorer Mark Andrew.

(Image: Mark Andrew)

Mark, 23, said: “It looks really old and there’s been a dramatic change. It looked a right state - dirty and run down. There are no cobbles there and I am not sure what is being done with it.”

The pictures show the famous street is now almost entirely gravel and stones, with masses of weeds growing up from cracks in the adjoining pavements and from walls beside the set’s structures.

(Image: Mark Andrew)

Flats, offices and three hotels are set to be built on the site as part of the new St John’s Quarter development after the 13-acre plot was sold by ITV in 2013 to Manchester Quays Ltd, a joint venture between Allied London and Manchester City Council.